Full format on windows 10
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KleinesSinchen
Being far to impatient I'd rather use quick format and run the full self test with SMART afterwards (while being able to use the HDD at reduced performance).
JuanMena
Yeeeeesh!
Full format of 500GB?
Well then, make sure you have your computer properly powered and go do something else for the next 8 hours or so.
Full format of 500GB?
Well then, make sure you have your computer properly powered and go do something else for the next 8 hours or so.
AncientBoi
@KleinesSinchen worse. PC reporting I have a fantom D: on it with nothing attached to make it a D: drive [before what I'm doing now. This came after cloning to my new SSD from HDD. Weird. And I can't delete it. 
JuanMena
Dont! "Phantom D" might be an invisible partition that Windows 10 takes from C in order to recover your system in case it gets badly corrupted or when reinstalling OS
AncientBoi
It's EMPTY!
JuanMena
Take a screenshot of "My PC" and let us see how your drives are showing.
AncientBoi
When I finish formatting.
AncientBoi
yay, 1/4 formatted
AncientBoi
3/4 done
AncientBoi
Finally formatted. Anyway, Here is the odd drive D: on my new cloned SSD pic. @JuanBaNaNa And @KleinesSinchen
JuanMena
Have you got a Win10 update recently?
AncientBoi
no
JuanMena
Well, if you look at the top bar, where it says, "File" or "Folder" or "Visibility" options, you can click in "Show hidden Items"
Enable it, go inside your "ghost partition" and take a look. If unsure on what's appearing, post screenshot.
Enable it, go inside your "ghost partition" and take a look. If unsure on what's appearing, post screenshot.
JuanMena
Alternatively, you can use Disk Management in "Administrative Tools for Windows" (translating from spanish as the options appears for me) and open the program. It should show your "ghost partition" and you can choose to either reintegrate it or delete it altogether.
Not recommended until you know what's in that partition.
Not recommended until you know what's in that partition.
AncientBoi
Nothing Nada in it. even in view Hidden files or folders. weird
JuanMena
Then it might be Win10 being Win10.
Take a look at my "Disk Administrator" showing that my C: drive has 4 partitions when it actually has none:
Also... more proof that your issue might be nothing: https://gbatemp.net/threads/accidentally-created-partition-on-c-how-to-recover-it.606305/
Take a look at my "Disk Administrator" showing that my C: drive has 4 partitions when it actually has none:
Also... more proof that your issue might be nothing: https://gbatemp.net/threads/accidentally-created-partition-on-c-how-to-recover-it.606305/
AncientBoi
True. Guess it's nothing. But it annoys me it being there. lol
JuanMena
Well... that's my experience.
Of course it might seem odd, but I might be actually incorrect.
Why not make a thread and ask for other's opinion on this situation?
Of course it might seem odd, but I might be actually incorrect.
Why not make a thread and ask for other's opinion on this situation?
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Are you using format.exe from Windows 98 forcing a surface scan on formatting a new partition!?
It shouldn't take more than a few seconds.